Troxler To Head Group In Decatur Christmas Soldier Service
The Decatur Ministerial Alliance plans a Christmas tree and carol program for soldiers stationed in the Decatur armory. Rev. W. E. Waterhouse was elected general chairman. Rev. Troxler named president with Dr. W. M. Howell as vice president and Cecil n as secretary treasurer. Churches and civic clubs will donate gifts.
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Decatur
W. E. Waterhouse
Cecil Brown
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lion's
Civitan
Central Methodist Church
Troxier
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
Cecil N
Lambuth Archibald
War Front and Home Front in Wartime America
The article notes Soviet cautions on direct Pacific involvement while highlighting allied command ideas for the Far East. It reports rubber rationing starting January 4 and tin control by the Office of Production Management. Roosevelt urges speed from industry and labor at a wartime conference. Also mentions Alen Crawford, a prominent cattle rancher, dying in Greensboro.
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Teeh
Japan
Red Siberian
Pepper
D-Fla
Far East
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Henderson
South Pacific
Office of Production Management
FDR
Roosevelt
Conference of Labor and Management
Mgr
The
of American Vete
Omic Ae
Rio de
Solaus
Apartment Vacancy Warning Trumpets Revenue Loss
Tenant evictions and market pressures highlight a landlord loss as units stay empty. Industry experts warn that prolonged vacancies reduce cash flow and attract higher holding costs, urging faster leasing and property marketing to minimize income erosion.
Markets show selective recovery after early stock slide
New York market mixed as the decline persists despite late gains in a few issues. Turnover reached about 1,300,000 shares with prices wavering. cotton and grains moved in narrow ranges as December soybeans and oats fluctuated.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Far East War Roundup Highlights Timor Hong Kongand Coral Sea
British plans reorganize defenses south of Kedah as Singapore falters. Timor is landed by Dutch and Australian forces with Portuguese sovereignty cited. Hongkong endures bombardment while Chinese troops attack Japanese rear. Corregidor mines claim Philippine casualties as U S industrial expansion speeds up.
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Singapore
Japan
South Pacific
Timor
Java
Australia
Netherlands
London
Hongkong
Britain
Far East
Domei
Kowloon
Three Hurt In Car Crash Near Hartselle
A car driven by W T Dunlap of Cullman route seven overturned two miles north of Hartselle injuring three men R B Garrison and T J Nunnally from Holly Pond route one. Dunlap and Garrison were released. Nunnally remained for treatment at Benevolent hospital. Car valued about 500. driver lost control on a curve and the car knocked down three mail boxes before overturning. Two Drinkard ambulances transported the injured.
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W. T. Dunlap
Cullman
Hartselle
Dunlap
R. B. Garrison
T. J. Nunnally
Holly, Pond
Garrison
Nunnally
Benevolent Hospital
Pusch
Hale
Drinkard
Markets At A Glance With Mixed Commodities
New York stocks edged lower on selective issues while bonds rose for Erie railroad. Cotton futures in New York gained about four tenths to ten cents. New Orleans futures closed steady with gains on trade buying and favorable war news. Prices showed mixed movement across wheat corn and sugar with varied regional notes.
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New York
Erie
OPM
Chicago
N. Y
N. C
New Orleans
Chicago dairy market reports butter and egg receipts
Butter receipts reach 697593 with a 93 score and varied price quotes. Prices display 34 3 4 to 34 1 4 for creams and centralized carrots at 33 1 4. Eggs receipts total 11123 with market unchanged and unsettled terms noted.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Salable cattle 300 calves 100 with very slow slaughter cattle market and price drops. Stockers steady. steers and yearlings mostly 10.00 to 11.50. cows 6.50 to 7.00. bulls 14.00. Hogs 600 head, prices 8.80 to 10.30. sows 9.00. Sheep steady. lambs to 10.50. fat ewes priced.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Market News Service
Tittle
Grain prices ease on Chicago board as government controls bite
Grain trading in Chicago today showed unusually light volume with prices drifting slightly lower. Wheat prices fell by a fraction as the market neared a stalemate amid direct government control of prices.
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Chicago
Army Leaders Press Growth Amid Draft Strain and Farm Exits
Brig Gen Wade Haislip warns four million men will not form a true Army and urges rapid expansion as equipment becomes available. Brig Gen Lewis Hershey promotes family allowances for married draftees modeled on WWI practice. About 1,000 farm boys will be returned to farming this spring, risking agricultural output.
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Wade He Haislip
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Senate
Hershey
Haislip
Germany
House Military Committee
Birmingham Post Strike Settled
The Birmingham Post and the American Newswspaper Guild settled the strike that closed the paper since September 6. Editor James E. Mills said publication would resume as soon as equipment and organization permit. Guild president Harold Helfer cited an average 2 percent salary increase and general improvements in work conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Post
Scripps-Howard Afternoon
American Newswspaper Guild
James E. Mills
Harold Helfer
Birmingham Guild
Alabama Supreme Court upholds Johnson rape conviction
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Frank Johnson, a Black man, for raping a Jefferson County white woman and upheld his February 20, 1942 execution date. The court rejected claims that police pressure produced the confession, stating no illegal methods were proven.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Frank Johnson
Jefferson County
Johnson
Bessemer
Supreme Court
Death Claims Clarence Fly
Clarence C. Fly aged 55 former wholesale oil business associate died after a long illness at his home 230 Sixth Ave West. Services set for tomorrow at 2 pm from the residence with Rev O B Lansbury. burial in Roselawn Cemetery directed by Brown. Survived by widow, two daughters Betty and Sarah of Decatur, sisters Mrs Brewer Smith Florence and Mrs W Cowden Decatur, brother James Godfrey Opelika. Pallbearers listed.
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Clarence C. Fly
Rev
O. B. Lansbury
Sixth Ave
West
Brown
Roselawn
Betty
Sarah
Decatur
Brewer Smith
Florence
W. Cowden
Supreme Court Decisions From Alabama Court Drawn
Alabama Supreme Court today announced a slate of decisions from Jefferson Mobile Covington and other circuits. Several cases affirmed while others were reversed or remanded including City of Birmingham versus Mazie White and Liverpool London Globe Ins Company versus Nancy Dickinson. Writs denied in certiorari appeals and rehearing actions noted across multiple matters.
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Omery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
Frank Johnson
Alias
State
Jefferson Circuit
Priday
C. H. Chichester
First National Bank of
B‘ham
J. W. Pranklin
Flossie Nunnelley
Equity
Bouldon
Howard Johnson
Mobile
Liverpool-London-Globe Ins. Co
Nancy M. Dickinson
Clarke Circuit
Bara Elza Pridgen
Blondelle D. Bilson
Houston
City of Birmingham
Mazie White
Jefferson
Ee H. Turfier
J.blach & Co
Spoon
Teak
Gernice
Court of Appeals
Foster
James C. Vanantwerp
Carel Vanantwerp
Mobile Circuit
Interstate Electric Co
Covington
Comer
Barefield, Et al
Barfield
Et al
Statey
Howell & Javes, Inc
John <. Curry
Montgomery Circuit
A. Simmons
Mack Simmons
A. M. Simmons
Sracerae
D. Deaton
Deaton Truck Lines, Inc
A Corp
Axis Guerrillas Claim 3200 Axis Troops Killed in Battle
A British radio report describes a major Red Army victory on the Moscow front with 3200 Axis troops killed. Soviet forces recaptured 200 communities as they advanced toward Ruza and Mozhaisk, while Germans reportedly retreat along a 1200 mile front from Leningrad to Ukraine.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ruza
Mozhaisk
Leningrad
Ukraine
Hitler
Belgium
Holland
France
Rmans
Volokolamsk
London
Lake Lahoze
Lake Quega
Local notes from Decatur and Athens area
The record lists patients at Baughs infirmary including Corporal Harold T. Hicks resting after an operation and Mrs Cecil Bogle and infant daughter returning home by ambulance. Other discharges include Mrs R T Williams to Arab and Mrs Edward Meadows learning her sister Mrs R V Martin in Honolulu is safe.
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Harold T. Hicks
Baugh’s Infirmary
Cecil Bogle
Decatur
McAfee, Howell, and Young Ambulance
R. T. Williams
Baug's Infirmary
Arab
Edward Meadows
R. V. Martin
Honolulu
Farm Bill Passed in Senate Extends Soil Conservation Aid
The senate completed action on a bill extending five years the soil conservation and commodity loan acts. Edible peanuts were added to commodities eligible for 85 percent parity loans.
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Washington
Senate
Soil Conservation and
Fifth Column Invasion and Jungle Fighting Report
AP photographer Noel, recently returned to Singapore, writes on Japanese fifth column activities and jungle warfare in Magala based on his Far East tour. He details his assignment history from Atlanta to the Orient and his coverage of events and battle lines.
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Magala
Associated Press
Far East
Singapore
Noel
Orient
United States
Atlanta
South
British Hold Line Along Muda River In Malaya Front
The correspondent reports British forces forming a defensive line behind the Muda River as Japanese fifth columnists and units invade Northern Malaya. Portrays Japanese disguises, air activity, and rapid Allied withdrawal while civilians flee toward Singapore amid wary, denuded villages and shuttered shops.
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Singapore
Malaya
Muda
Thailand
Indian Ocean
Penang
Kedah
RAF Bombs Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Daylight Strike
London reports RAF heavy bomber assault on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Bres harbor in occupied France. The air ministry says ships believed hit as eight German planes were downed and six RAF craft lost. Washington lists 1943 farm crop totals with corn at 2,672,541,000 bushels and wheat at 945,937,000.
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London
RAF
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
Ministry
Bres
France
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Missing Army plane carries General Dargue in 194? search
The War Department reports an Army transport with Major General Herbert A. Dargue on a transcontinental flight has been missing since December 12. The aircraft, a 21 passenger bi motor plane, was last seen near Palmdale California and search efforts extend between Palmdale and Hamilton Field as officials seek a crash location.
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Washington
War Department
Herbert A. Dargue
1St Air Force
Stimson
Palmdale
Cal
Dargue
Charles W. Bundy
War Department General Staff
Home
George W. Ricker
Hugh F. McCaffery
Mitchel Field
New York
J. G. Leavitt
March Field
Calif
North
Laurel Avenue
Los Angeles
Homer C. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Stephen Hoffman
March Fie
Sun
W. Va
Long Island
Phoenix
Ariz
Hamilton Field
Blythe
Paligsdale
San Bernardino
San Jacinto Mountains
San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco
Senate seat may be lost after ethics inquiry
Washington dispatch reports the Senate Elections Committee voted 13 to 3 to recommend denying North Dakota Governor and former attorney general Langer a seat. Chairman Hatch says the full Senate will decide if he is seated, likely after the holidays, with Lucas and Austin appointed to draft the report and steer the case.
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Washington
Hatch
D-N. M
Senate Elections Committee
Langer
R-N. D
Senate
North Dakota
Tomttre
Lucas
D-Ill
Austin
R.-Vt
Hateh
Cadet Recruiting Opens At Southern Aviation Training School
Applications for aviation cadets are now accepted at the Southern Aviation Training School in this field a primary training center. Applicants with at least two years of college credits may apply and receive guidance on the process. Cadets undergo physical exams by the local flight surgeon, then face an examining board for acceptance. Qualified candidates go to Maxwell Field Montgomery for five weeks processing before flight training begins.
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Southern Aviation Training School
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Chief Air Corps
Washington
Daylight Saving Proposed to Offset Wartime Shortages
Washington dispatch reports a nationwide daylight saving proposal urged in Congress to ease wartime shortages. Senators Downey and Brewster are noted as key sponsors from Maine and an unspecified region.
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Washington
Downey
Ian Brewster
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Greensboro
Wall Street
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Corregidor
Knox
Department Commerce
Frank Smith
L. D. Kendrick
Clarence Fly
Yugoslavia
Greece
James Cagney
Bette Davis
Roxy
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Gentral -Baptist Church
George C. Johnson
Athens
Fred Scarborough
Newport. News
Harold Waugh
Frank Noel
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